U.S. chess champion Larry Christiansen provides the principles of middlegame understanding, tactical alertness and counterattacking skills, enabling club players to get more out of their chess by adopting the sharp, aggressive play of present-day grandmasters. Chess enthusiasts will find incisive methods of play that illustrate attacking motives inherent in the structures of different opening systems and their variations. The Sicilian Defense, the Najdorf, Dragon, Taimanov-Paulsen, Sveshnikov, Rauser, Rossolimo, Closed, and Grand Prix are all handled individually, showing the reader how to recognize and exploit typical tactical opportunities. Even the art of swindling is not neglected, and it's all richly illustrated with examples from practical play, including the games of amateurs. Players of all levels enjoy and benefit from Christiansen's instructive writing and insider information.

Rocking the Ramparts: A Guide to Attacking Chess

Humor & Entertainment

Christiansen, Larry

Puzzles & Games

Batsford

The King"s Gambit as White

Raingruber, Robert

Maser, Lou

Thinkers' Press

Book by Christiansen, Larry, Joseph, Manuel, Raingruber, Bob

Alekhine's Defense As White: The Four Pawns Attack

Thinkers Pr Inc / Chessco

Many books provide training in how to round off a successful attack with a final combination, but that's really just the easy part. The difficult thing is to decide how and where to attack in the first place, and to build up the offensive without giving the opponent real counterchances. Larry Christiansen is highly respected by his grandmaster colleagues for his ability to conjure up dangerous attacking chances from almost any position. In this book he takes more than 50 real-life positions, breaks each one down into its key elements and explains the right strategy for conducting a successful attack. The examples are selected to illustrate a wide variety of attacking themes and to provide an instructive and accurate picture of how modern players attack and defend.

Storming the Barricades

Gambit Publications

A Gambit Classic Reissue: Lessons in Attacking Chess from a Top American Grandmaster\n"hugely enjoyable. All examples have been analysed in scrupulous detail ... an excellent manual" - GM Jon Speelman, The Independent\nMany books provide training in how to round off a successful attack with a final combination, but that's really just the easy part. The difficult thing is to decide how and where to attack in the first place, and to build up the offensive without giving the opponent real counterchances.\nLarry Christiansen is highly respected by his grandmaster colleagues for his ability to conjure up dangerous attacking chances from almost any position. In this book he takes more than 50 real-life positions, breaks each one down into its key elements and explains the right strategy for conducting a successful attack. The examples are selected to illustrate a wide variety of attacking themes and to provide an instructive and accurate picture of how modern players attack and defend.\nGrandmaster Larry Christiansen is one of the strongest American-born players of recent decades. He became a grandmaster in 1977, and has been a major figure in international chess for more than two decades. He was part of the team that won the World Team Championship in 1993 and has represented the United States in eight Olympiads, and was team captain in 1998. He is also a regular participant in events in Europe, including the German Bundesliga.\n"Christiansen reveals what he has studied to become a master tactician ... in contrast to many attacking books, Christiansen gives fresh examples from recent years, organizing them according to attacking principles" - GM Lubosh Kavalek, Washington Post\n"Larry Christiansen has been renowned for more than 20 years as a fearless and redoubtable attacking player ... I found it an easy and entertaining book to read" - Alan Sutton, En Passant\n"a true feast of initiative-based, dynamic, hard-hitting chess. It is also good to see a sparkling, modern selection rather than the same old classics that lovers of chess literature are so used to. The examples for Storming the Barricades are almost entirely drawn from the last three decades ... a fine textbook for attacking play" - GM Jonathan Levitt, Club Kasparov

Storming the Barricades (Attacking Chess)

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